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children with heart disease or cancer, to the right of clean water in schools,
Rotary creates opportunity and gives hope to those who may have none.

Training Leader Ludo Van Helleputte:
I found it in the eyes of a stranger, a connection to the world that I could not find
in books. It came from a mother who offered her child to be vaccinated against
polio during a National Immunization Day in India. The gratitude in her eyes
spoke volumes. Two drops and a smile. ... It changed that child’s life, but it also
transformed mine. Rotary gave me the opportunity to create lasting change —
leading to peace of mind within.

Training Leader Ahmed A. Saada:
At 28, Rotary gave me the opportunity to participate in a Group Study Exchange
program. There, I met a professor who offered me a scholarship at Johns
Hopkins University, where I could enhance my clinical research skills and earn
a PhD. When I returned home, I was asked to join Rotary — and a new world of
service opened for me. For the past 26 years, I have taken every opportunity to
volunteer on medical convoys. But my greatest Rotary opportunity happened
when I was a Rotaractor — that’s where I met my wife and the love of my life,
Rania!

Training Leader Mary B. Berge:
I was adopted at birth, raised in a small family of four. In high school, I hid in a
bathroom stall many days, afraid to face the bullies. For years, I was content to
follow, never realizing my untapped potential within. Rotary gave me the
opportunity to be a citizen of the world, to lead, and to stand on this stage, with
confidence and strength. What opportunities does Rotary have for me next? I
don’t know, but because of Rotary, I’m ready.

So as you can see, Rotary is not just a club that you join. It is an invitation to endless
opportunities. It opens opportunities to serve in a project as big and historic as End
Polio Now and also in a small community project, where you just plant a tree.
And it opens opportunities for you to live a richer, more meaningful life, with friends
around the world, based on our core values.

As Rotarians, we are very blessed to take on leadership roles at this wonderful moment
for our organization.

Everything we do opens another opportunity for someone, somewhere.

Therefore, the theme for our year is: Rotary Opens Opportunities.

HOLGER KNAACK, THE 2020-21 PRESIDENTIAL THEME: ROTARY OPENS OPPORTUNITIES

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